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according to a report on the times of israel website on october 7,the israel defense forces announced that the 91st division ("galilee" regional division) began ground operations in southern lebanon on the evening of the 6th and joined two other divisions that were already fighting against hezbollah there.

the 91st division is usually responsible for the security situation in the entire israel-lebanon border area. the idf said the division conducted ground operations with the alexandroni reserve brigade, the 8th reserve brigade and the alon reserve brigade.

according to the report, the idf described its ground operations in southern lebanon as "limited, localized and targeted" and aimed at destroying hezbollah facilities in the border areas, especially in villages adjacent to israel, in order to israeli residents in the north were able to return to their homes.

▲on october 7, israeli air strikes on villages in southern lebanon. (afp)

according to an agence france-presse report on october 7, on the first anniversary of the outbreak of the war in the gaza strip, lebanese hezbollah vowed on the 7th to continue to fight against israeli "aggression."

hezbollah said in a statement that hezbollah and the lebanese had paid a "heavy price" for opening a "support front" in gaza, but "we are confident... that our resistance forces can withstand israeli aggression."

according to reports, the israeli military said on the 7th that at least four artillery shells were fired from the gaza strip just minutes after the country began to officially commemorate the attack on october 7 last year.

the israeli military said in a statement that three of the shells were intercepted by the israeli air force and another landed in an open area. (compiled/wu mei, zhang lin, wang diqing)

source: reference news